September 20, 2013

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

It turns out you can't fit 68 Mazdas through a corner at the same time, so that was entertaining racing, with a lot of rubbing.

More races all weekend in the runoffs, including races at 3, 4, 5 and 6pm today, (Eastern), and all day tomorrow and Sunday. Tomorrow will include the Spec Race Fords, which are a new favourite of mine.

Boston vs Baltimore last night, 1st inning, 2 out, Chris Davis (51 hr this season) at bat. John Lackey pitching. Lackey throws 6 straight fast balls, 2 called strikes, 2 missing for balls, next 2, inside but in the zone, fouled off. All 6 were 93 mph, except one of the fouls was 94. Pitch #7 was a fast ball, outer half but plenty of plate, thigh high. One looks at the location and type of pitch and screams "Oh Nooooooh". Except Davis swings and misses. This is the essence of the game, what was Davis expecting? After 6 straight fast balls (and mostly fast balls to the first 2 batters of the inning), was Davis looking for something off speed on a 2-2 count? Maybe it's the umpire in me, but pitcher vs hitter encounters like this are never boring. Those who don't like baseball because it is too slow or lacks action just don't know how to watch the game.